Event

Entering Mentoring: Session 3

Wednesday, October 25, 2023
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
A. James Clark Hall - Room # TBD
Martha Wang
martha@umd.edu
https://bioeumd.wufoo.com/forms/q12y6ix81nfy7zp/

The Fischell Department of Bioengineering & Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices are hosting 4 sessions from the Entering Mentoring Series for graduate students and postdocs. Attending all 4 sessions will earn you a Mentor Training Certificate!

All sessions will take place in AJC, specific location TBD

Facilitating will be Martha Wang, Jenna Mueller and Katharina Maisel.

Register for Session 3 here.

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Session 3: October 25th from 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Addressing Equity and Inclusion
Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Improve and expand understanding of equity and inclusion, and how diversity influences mentor-mentee interactions
2. Recognize the impact of conscious and unconscious assumptions, preconceptions, biases, and prejudices on the mentor-mentee relationship and reflect on how to manage them
3. Identify concrete strategies for learning about, recognizing, and addressing issues of equity and inclusion, in order to engage in conversations about diversity with mentees and foster a sense of belonging

Fostering Independence
Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Define independence, its core elements, and how those elements change over the course of a mentoring relationship
2. Employ various strategies to build mentee confidence, establish trust, and foster independence
3. Identify the benefits and challenges of fostering independence, including the sometimes conflicting goals of fostering independence and achieving grant-funded research objectives

Audience: Graduate  Post-Docs